bottle shop

noun

1. a store that sells wines, liquor, etc., by the bottle; liquor store.

bottle shop

noun

1. a shop or part of a hotel where alcohol is sold in unopened containers for consumption elsewhere Also calledbottle store

Word History and Origins

Origin of bottle shop¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

For over 20 years, Danny Frounfelkner, co-owner of Sipple, a nonalcoholic bottle shop in Houston, worked in the hospitality industry.

From Eater

In May, Babitz decided to harness that knowledge by opening a storefront location of the Open Road in Pittsburgh, a bottle shop dedicated to selling only nonalcoholic beverages.

From Eater

Never since it has been a court has it had such a Fortunatus' purse of gossip as in the proceedings at the rag and bottle shop.

From Project Gutenberg

She was wretchedly poor and lived in a small room over a rag-and-bottle shop kept by a man named Krook.

From Project Gutenberg